What kind of VSTis do you guys use?

Native Instrument Komplete...  Kontakt 5 + all kinds of Libraries and own samples, Massive, Reaktor, FM8, Absynth, battery 3 + own made kits, Guitar Rig all FXs

Spectrasonics all softwares

Nomad Factory all plugins.

Sometimes I use Cakewalk synths that are great too. That's what I basically use most.

Komplete from NI and the Cakewalk Sound Center are my goto synths.....I also have a version of East West which is very nice. 

NI Komnplete 8,Voxengo Elephant for limiting. Antares Auto Tune for realtime pitch correcting. Melodyne for offline editing.

Not in any particular order.

Kontakt 4/5
GOP
Dim Pro
Battery 3
Moog Modular V
Real Guitar 2
Strum Electric
Studio Instruments
Session Drummer 3
I will use BFD eco
Roland XV 5080 Hardware
Roland SC 8850 Hardware
Boss DR 770 Hardware
Others I can't think of at the moment. 

Dim Pro
Rapture
Z3ta 2
Arturia Minimoog
BFD2 + Expansions
True Pianos
Pentagon
TTS-1
Session Drummer
Cakewalk Studio Instruments
EWQLSO Platinum

From memory, which means I will have to update this later,

Stuff I have been using for some time:-
Absynth 5 (my old workhorse synth)
Battery 3
Pentagon
Triangle
SFZ (for piano - I purchased an additional sound set)

There should me more stuff on the above list but my memory fails me as it must be five years or more since I was actively "composing."

Stuff I have recently added (and not yet used in anger):-
Guitar Rig 5
Rapture (despite current issues)
Z3ta 2
Session Drummer
BFD Eco
Dimension Pro
Cakewalk Sound Center
Strum Acoustic (A|A|S)
Strum Electric (A|A|S)
Chromaphone (A|A|S)
Ultra Analog (A|A|S)
Tassman 4 (A|A|S)
Lounge Lizard (A|A|S)
String Studio (A|A|S)

The jury is still out on some of the items on the second list. I'm still having issues with Rapture, fir instance, when I try do drive it with Step Sequencer or a MIDI sequence.

I play guitar, sort of, hence trying GR5.

I took a fancy to the A|A|S (Applied-Acoustic Systems) stuff. I started off with Strum Session, which I thought was a gimmicky guitar simulator, but I was quite impressed with some of the sounds it created. There are sampled guitar sounds in Dim Pro, but the "physical modelled" sounds created by Strum Session were much more "natural" in my opinion.

So I then upgrade to Strum Acoustic, and that came as a bundle with Strum Electric. And I was quite impressed, again, but the almost realistic sounds, including the strumming sounds too (upstroke, downstroke, palm mute up, palm mute down, muted and arpeggio). I even experimented with putting GR5 in the effects bin, and I was even further impressed. So expect some real crappy MIDI guitar stuff from me soon...

Anyway, while on the A|A|S website, I was also impressed with the Chromophone (percussion synth) video demo, so at that point, I decided to consider getting the Modelling Collection. Only just scratching the surface of this stuff, but even Lounge Lizard (the electric piano modeller) sounded better than I thought, when it came to some of the Rhodes and different organ sounds.

And I've not finished there. I intend to upgrade to full BFD at some point, and there are a couple more synthetic drum VSTs I fancy getting too.


As for effects... too many to mention, now that I have also recently added all of the latest ProChannel modules (not strictly VSTs I suppose)


The shameful thing about VSTs, for me, is that my hardware is now gathering dust in a corner (Roland JP-8000, Oberheim OB12, Novation Nova, Yamaha A3000 and Korg 0/5RW). If room ever allows in the future, I will hopefully dust them off and integrate them back into the mothership...

I left out the D16 Group effects on my previous post. Toraverb, Syntorus and Fazortran mostly.

Interesting... I can see that three of us, at least, are using one, or both of the A|A|S Strum VSTs. I would be interested to hear how you guys feel about using them. Perhaps I should start a separate post in one of the other non-Cakewalk forums...


p.s. xabiton - the ink in your signature doesn't appear to work

So many great VSTi's out there..

Spectrasonics:  Omnisphere, Trilion, Stylus RMX
NI:  FM8, Kontakt 5
U-He Zebra
Z3ta 2
Dimension Pro

BFD2
Additive Drums

Its not how many you have its what you use.  At least that is what the title asks.

I have a lot more that I don't use. 

Or have not used yet.

I have both Rapture and Z3TA 2 but have not employed them yet.

synkrotron


Interesting... I can see that three of us, at least, are using one, or both of the A|A|S Strum VSTs. I would be interested to hear how you guys feel about using them. Perhaps I should start a separate post in one of the other non-Cakewalk forums...


p.s. xabiton - the ink in your signature doesn't appear to work

thanks or catching that. Its fixed now. As for the Strum vsts I like them. I am not a guitar player so for me these work wonderfully. 

xabiton

thanks or catching that. Its fixed now. As for the Strum vsts I like them. I am not a guitar player so for me these work wonderfully.  

No probs man... I'm always checking links here and there. And I just spotted that I typed "ink" and I really must get that "L" key fixed on my laptop haha.

John


Its not how many you have its what you use.  At least that is what the title asks.

 


true enough, which means I really need to start using them there synths and stuff...

RealGuitar, RealStrat, RealLPC, Ivory II Grands, Melodyne Assistant, Vienna Symphonic Library, EastWest Hollywood Strings, EastWest Fab Four, Vir2 Acoustic Legends HD, Vir2 Electr6ty, Guitar Rig 4 Pro.  I also have AAS Strum Acoustic Sessions but I never use it.

I also use the Fantom synthesizer that came built into the V-Studio 700.  It is harware but is used as a plug-in.

I don't know if you want to count these but I use several of the things packaged with X1 Producer: Session Drummer 3, SI-Electric Piano, and SI-Bass.  I have looked at Dimension Pro but have not needed it so far. 

I have WaveLore's steel guitar for Kontakt but haven't had a chance to get into it.  I have used external synths for this sound so far.
 
EDIT: Just realized you asked for recommendations: Out of all this, I could not live without Ivory or RealGuitar.
 
For orchestra, Vienna is way more efficient and easier to use than Hollywood (plus it has the whole orchestra) but since VSL no longer sells the same special edition  packages as before, I am not sure what it would cost to get everything you need.

I have to steer clear of recommendations as I own just enough to be confused over what is better than anything else. But I guess I can say that I pretty much go to Ivory these days if I'm looking for a piano.

yorolpal


For anything?

Assuming you meant me, ya.... so far. But I don't use a lot of piano just now.